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Variables that influence the medical decision regarding Advance Directives and their impact on end-of-life care

Einstein, 2019
The objective of this study was to identify the variables that influence physicians to implement Advance Directives and assess their impact on end-of-life care.
Larissa Mont'Alverne de Arruda, Kelline Paiva Bringel Abreu, L. Santana, Manuela Vasconcelos de Castro Sales   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychiatric Advance Directives Under the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities: Why Advance Instructions Should Be Able to Override Current Preferences

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are documents by means of which mental health service users can make known their preferences regarding treatment in a future mental health crisis. Many states with explicit legal provisions for PADs have ratified the
M. Scholten, A. Gieselmann, J. Gather, J. Vollmann   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors associated with advance directives completion among patients with advance care planning communication in Taipei, Taiwan

PLoS ONE, 2018
Background Although advance directives (AD) have been implemented for years in western countries, the concept of AD is not promoted extensively in eastern countries. In this study we evaluate a program to systematically conduct advance care planning (ACP)
D. Chu, Y. Yen, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Y. Lai, Y. Lai, W. Sun, M. Ko, Li-Ying Huang, Chu-Chieh Chen, J. Curtis, Ya-Ling Lee, Sheng-Jean Huang   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Awareness, approval and completion of advance directives in older adults in Switzerland.

Swiss medical weekly, 2018
BACKGROUND Advance directives enable people to describe their preferences for medical treatment (living will) and/or to appoint a healthcare proxy who may decide on their behalf should they lose decision-making capacity.
Sarah Vilpert, C. Borrat-Besson, Jürgen Maurer, G. Borasio   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advance directives as a tool to respect patients’ values and preferences: discussion on the case of Alzheimer’s disease

BMC Medical Ethics, 2018
The proposal of the new criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) based on biomarker data is making possible a diagnosis of AD at the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or predementia/prodromal– stage.
C. Porteri
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advance directives from haematology departments: the patient’s freedom of choice and communication with families. A qualitative analysis of 35 written documents

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
BackgroundIn France, advance directives are favourably perceived by most of the population, although the drafting rate is low. This ambivalence is challenging because advance directives are meant to promote the autonomy and freedom of choice of patients.
S. Trarieux-Signol, D. Bordessoule, J. Ceccaldi, Sandra Malak, A. Poloméni, J. Fargeas, N. Signol, H. Pauliat, Stephane Moreau   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advance Directives and Discrimination against People with Dementia.

The Hastings center report, 2018
In the article "On Avoiding Deep Dementia," Norman Cantor defends a position that I suspect many readers share. In my years writing and speaking on advance directives and dementia, I've found that most people support one of two positions.
R. Dresser
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How do Our Patients Respond to the Concept of Psychiatric Advance Directives? An Exploratory Study From India

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2018
Background: Psychiatric advance directives have been incorporated in the Mental Health Care Act 2017 despite strong concerns about their feasibility and utility in the Indian patient population. Data on its utility in India is very scarce.
Bheemsain V. Tekkalaki, Veerappa Y. Patil, Sandeep Patil, S. Chate, Ramling Dhabale, N. Patil   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Directing citizens to create advance directives.

Swiss medical weekly, 2018
This article describes the Swiss law on advance directives that was passed at the beginning of 2013 and led to more certainty about the legally binding character of such directives.
Sophie Haesen, D. Shaw
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advance Directives and Powers of Attorney in Intensive Care Patients.

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2017
BACKGROUND Advance directives and powers of attorney are increasingly common, yet data on their use in clinical situations remain sparse. METHODS In this single center cross-sectional study, we collected data by questionnaire from 1004 intensive care ...
G. de Heer, B. Saugel, B. Sensen, Charlotte Rübsteck, H. Pinnschmidt, S. Kluge   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source